Chicago Printmakers Collaborative 4642 N. Western Ave.
Chicago IL 60625
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CPC Facilities


Main Studio and Gallery




Takach Etching Press



Takach Lithography Press




Dickerson Combination Press



Facilities Details


Takach Etching Press
Press Bed Size: 33.5" x 60"

Takach Lithography Press
Press Bed Size: 33.5" x 60"

Dickerson Combination Press
Press Bed Size: 27" x 48"


SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
darkroom and exposure units
work tables
light tables
drying racks
hotplate

ETCHING
ventilated acid hood/solvent room
vertical etching tanks (for copper and zinc)
etching blankets (felts)
plate cutter
aquatint box and rosin room
tarletons

SCREENPRINT
screen washout area w/ power washer (for water-based ink)
screen storage
squeegies
scoop-coaters

LITHOGRAPHY
aluminum plate backer
an array of litho stones
graining sink and levegator
tympans
scraper bars

MISCELLANEOUS
paper soaking trays, files, clamps, ink spatulas, straight-edges, and paper-cutter.

MATERIALS
(Provided in reasonable quantities)
Solvents, paper towels, cleaning supplies (simple green, baby oil, etc.), ink modifiers, varnishes, driers, hard and soft grounds, nitric acid, ferric chloride, phosphoric acid, lithography chemistry (gum arabic, lithotine, tapum, etc.), rosin, talc, and carborundem grits.

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